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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 459: THE STAR-GAZER

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 459: THE STAR-GAZER

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(Mystic Comics v1 003, 1940) It must be something of a point of pride for a super-hero to get to the point where they are effective enough that super-villains are being hired specifically to get rid of them, and that’s where the Star-Gazer comes in. A criminal astronomer and/or astrologer, the Star-Gazer is approached by crimelord Dr Gair to get rid of the pesky Blue Blaze. In fact, not only has the Blue Blaze reached “super-villain contract hit” levels, he…

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HONOURS: THE FLAME BADGE OF MERIT

HONOURS: THE FLAME BADGE OF MERIT

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(Big 3 004, 1941)  In a change of pace from the usual heaping of honours on the various costumed do-gooders of comics we have here the Flame giving out an award called the “Flame Badge of Merit” to someone who helped out on a case. A fun twist!

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 458: BARKO

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 458: BARKO

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(Mystic Comics v1 002, 1940) Barko is a mere extortionist who has blown up one mineshaft already and is heavily implying that another can be blown up if the mining concern doesn’t see clear to paying him off. Beyond that he is remarkable mostly for how seriously and thoroughly he responds to the appearance of the Blue Blaze on the scene: Boulder. Sniper rifle. Attack dogs. And finally dual-wielded freeze ray guns. All of this during the Blue Blaze’s short…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 457: THE BLACK HAWK

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 457: THE BLACK HAWK

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(Mystic Comics v1 002, 1940) Scourge of the year 2300, the Black Hawk and his Mercurian space pirates loot the spaceways of radioactive plinium in a bid to take over the entire Solar System. He’s also a pretty bad father, a fact that comes back to bite him (fatally) when his daughter Alyse teams up with the Space Rangers to take him down. Kids, amirite?

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 455: THE DEVIL OF THE DEEP

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 455: THE DEVIL OF THE DEEP

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(Mystic Comics v1 001, 1940) The Devil of the Deep AKA the Deep Sea Demon AKA the Water Ghost, like the Sea-Devil before him, is a fellow who dresses up in a modified diving suit in order to scare pearl divers away from a particular oyster bed. Unlike the Sea-Devil, the Devil of the Deep costume is quite elaborate and convincing – you can’t, for example, clearly see the breathing apparatus strapped to his back. He’s also gone for a…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 454: THE GREEN TERROR

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 454: THE GREEN TERROR

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(Mystic Comics v1 001, 1940) The Green Terror gets off on the right foot with me, let me tell you. Sure he’s a mysterious figure who sends goons out to kidnap healthy young New Yorkers for unknown but surely sinister purposes, but those goons are dressed in green costumes and drive around in a green car with a green smokescreen and if there’s one thing I love, my friend, it’s a villain who sticks to a theme. The Green Terror…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 453: PROFESSOR MALUSKI

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 453: PROFESSOR MALUSKI

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(Mystic Comics v1 001, 1941) Professor Maluski is the first foe faced by the Blue Blaze after his hibernative period and while he has a lot of cool stuff (huge underground base full of crazy machines, gangster henchmen, a weird gem that flies under its own power and drags its target along in a tractor beam, etc) the real reason that he is getting his own entry rather than being tossed in the next Mad Science Round-Up is the same…

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MAD AND CRIMINAL SCIENTIST ROUND-UP 004

MAD AND CRIMINAL SCIENTIST ROUND-UP 004

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More mad science than criminal science or vice versa? You be the judge!  This guy, who seems to be neither bald nor ironically hairy enough for his name of Baldy Fluger to make sense, has a hypnotic ray and a plan: to use that hypnotic ray for crime. The Green Mask and Domino the Miracle Boy have something to say about that. (Mystery Men Comics 021, 1941) If there was any more to these three (respectively named Boris, Oscar and…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 452: THE DEATH MASTER

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 452: THE DEATH MASTER

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(Mystery Men Comics 029, 1941) Really very strong showing from the Death Master in the splash panel, with artist Louis Cazenueve (as Lester Raye) doing some great Kirby-esque monster-man work on the man himself. And the story version of the character almost measures up! The Death Master is head of a counterfeiting gang who completely buys into his own hype – he’s a sneering, gloating villain of the type I love. But why is the Death Master called that? Why,…

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MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 451: THE HOODED KILLER

MINOR SUPER-VILLAIN 451: THE HOODED KILLER

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(Mystery Men Comics 029, 1941) The Hooded Killer AKA the Hooded Man AKA the Hooded Figure is your average lawyer personal secretary who has killed his client and is now attempting to kill his client’s heirs because once they’re all gone then he gets the money. Do you know that because of comic books ad police procedurals every time the subject of wills comes up this is the kid of thing that runs through my mind? Hopefully I never have…

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